diff --git a/mode/c.py b/mode/c.py
index 8bcb732..a13745d 100644
--- a/mode/c.py
+++ b/mode/c.py
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ class MacroGrammar(Grammar):
 class CGrammar(Grammar):
     rules = [
         PatternRule('spaces', r' +'),
+
+        PatternMatchRule('x', r'(\()( *)(' + word + r')(\**)( *)(\))( *)(?=[a-zA-Z0-9_\(])',
+                         'delimiter', 'spaces', 'type', 'operator', 'spaces', 'delimiter',
+                         'spaces'),
+        #PatternMatchRule('x', r'(\()(' + word + r')(\))',
+        #                 'delimiter', 'type', 'delimiter'),
+
         PatternRule(r"delimiter", r"\.|\(|\)|\[|\]|{|}|@|,|:|`|;|=(?!=)|\?|->"),
         PatternRule('eol', r"\n$"),
         PatternMatchRule('x', r'(struct|enum|union)( +)(' + word + ')',
@@ -56,6 +63,7 @@ class CGrammar(Grammar):
         PatternMatchRule('x', '(' + word + ')(\*+)( +)(' + word + ')',
                          'type', 'binop', 'spaces', 'identifier'),
 
+
         PatternRule('function', word + r'(?= *\()'),
         PatternRule('constant', "[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]+(?!" + chr2 + ")"),
         PatternRule('label', word + '(?=:)'),